Video Nasty Icon Ian McCulloch’s Lost Pop Career
The lost mid-Sixties psych-folk career of Britain’s reluctant Italian horror star.
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Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right…
The moral panic over Joker is a depressing throwback to video nasty hysteria.
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Mary Whitehouse Vs Michael Winner On British Daytime TV
Britain’s most controversial filmmaker, the moral campaigner and a gaggle of Rambos collide on a television discussion show.
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Porn Wars – Sex, Lies And The Battle To Control Britain’s Internet
Anti-porn research from official bodies is often filled with scare headlines that the facts simply don’t match. Here’s our examination of one such sensationalist report.
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Jungle Holocausts – The Murky History Of Cannibal Cinema
The story of anthropophagy on screen, from Dr X to The Green Inferno.
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The Final Cut -The Modern Mythology of the Snuff Movie
How rumour, cynicism, lies and opportunism helped create an urban myth that refuses to go away.
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All Hanging Separately: Why The Moralisers Win
The naked self-interest and rivalry of those at the sharp end of the moral panic stick only helps the censorship campaigners. Let’s cut out the in-fighting and focus on the real enemy.
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Go Video – The Label That Launched The Video Nasty Panic
Britain’s most notorious video label and the company that started the Video Nasties moral panic.
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